Strahinja Pavlović

Strahinja Pavlović ( born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian footballer. He plays as centre-back for Austrian football club Red Bull Salzburg. He also plays in the Serbia national team.

Club career
 Partizan 
Pavlović started at the local club Savacium. In summer of 2015 he came in the youth system of Partizan. In September 2018 he signed his first professional contract. He was promoted to the first team by manager Zoran Mirković ahead of winter preparations for the second half of the season.

On 23 February 2019 he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home league win over Proleter Novi Sad. A week later, on March 2 of the same year, Pavlović played his first Eternal derby. At the time he was 17 years and 282 days old. In this year he made 15 matches and won the  2018–19 Serbian Cup.

In this year Pavlović signed a new five-year contract with Partizan. He scored his first career goal in a 2–1 home league loss against Voždovac on 6 October.

 Monaco 
On 18 December 2019 he went to AS Monaco. Pavlović would remain on loan with Partizan until June 2020. He debuted on 20 December 2020 versus  Dijon. On 21 January 2021 he went to Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season  because he wanted matchtime.

On 16 February 2022 Pavlović was loaned to Basel in Switzerland until the end of the season.

 Salzburg
In June 2022 Red Bull Salzburg announced the transfer of Pavlovic signing a contract till 2027.

International career
Pavlović played in the U17 and U19 team of Serbia. He made his U21 debut on 6 September 2019 versus Russia. He debut in the first team was  on 3 September 2020 also against Russia.

In 2022 he was called up to the Serbian squad for the World Cup. He made three appearances at the tournament. He also scored a goal in a 3-3 draw against Cameroon.
Honours
 Serbian Cup: 2019
 Austrian Champion: 2023

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPartizan2018–19Serbian SuperLiga1104000—1502019–2026141120—422Total37181120—572Monaco2020–21Ligue 1100000—102021–22701030—110Total801030—120Cercle Brugge (loan)2020–21Belgian Pro League11110——121Basel (loan)2021–22Swiss Super League10000——100Red Bull Salzburg2022–23Austrian Bundesliga2411070—3212023–242525160—363Total4926113000684AC Milan2024–25Serie A4100100051Career total1196162290001648

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSerbia20204020211112022101202371202481Total404

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlović goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Strahinja PavlovićNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  7 June 2021  Miki Athletic Stadium, Miki, Japan  8   1–1 1–1  Friendly2  28 November 2022  Al Janoub Stadium, Al-Wakrah, Qatar  24   1–1 3–3  2022 FIFA World Cup3  14 October 2023  Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary  30   1–1 1–2  UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying4  4 June 2024  Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  34   2–1 2–1  Friendly

Honours
Partizan
 Serbian Cup: 2018–19

Red Bull Salzburg
 Austrian Bundesliga: 2022–23

Notes

References

Category:2001 births
Category:Living people
Category:Serbian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Austrian football champions